22 Jan 2007, 20:21
Went to Halfords today and had a look at the calendars of cars. There's one that has a theme of CRAP CARS.
I just couldn't believe they have picked DeLorean as one of the 12 crap cars!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Here's their explaination on the calendar (March):
Slippery conman John DeLorean always aimed to build something a bit flash. "I want people's eyes to light up when they walk through the showroom", he said, and to do this he gave his ill-fated sports car 'gullwing' dorrs that, if both were open, gave the impression of a bird in flight, and also body panels in unpainted stainless steel. Unfortunately, it turned out to be underpowered, badly-built, unexcitingto drive and - in the face of suddenly spiralling oil prices - very expensive at $25,000. Not only that but the stainless steel panels showed every speck of dust and even fingerprints, while the gullwing doors dripped rainwater on you when they were opened. And to think: all it needed to create this horror was 77 million pounds of British taxpayers' dosh...
I mean.... if the writer thinks 25000 USD is very expensive for a sports car like the DeLorean, and thinks that all other type of doors won't let rain water into the car when opened... He is probably still in kindergarden counting fingers! :twisted:
Below is the list of cars that were selected for the calendar in month order:
Lotus Elite S1
Aston Martin Lagonda
DeLorean DMC-12 :?: :?: :?:
Goggomobil TS300
Princess
VW Porsche 914
Reliant Rialto
Bond Bug
Vauxhall Viva HC
Renault Rodeo
Tatra T613
Triumph Stag
I just couldn't believe they have picked DeLorean as one of the 12 crap cars!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:
Here's their explaination on the calendar (March):
Slippery conman John DeLorean always aimed to build something a bit flash. "I want people's eyes to light up when they walk through the showroom", he said, and to do this he gave his ill-fated sports car 'gullwing' dorrs that, if both were open, gave the impression of a bird in flight, and also body panels in unpainted stainless steel. Unfortunately, it turned out to be underpowered, badly-built, unexcitingto drive and - in the face of suddenly spiralling oil prices - very expensive at $25,000. Not only that but the stainless steel panels showed every speck of dust and even fingerprints, while the gullwing doors dripped rainwater on you when they were opened. And to think: all it needed to create this horror was 77 million pounds of British taxpayers' dosh...
I mean.... if the writer thinks 25000 USD is very expensive for a sports car like the DeLorean, and thinks that all other type of doors won't let rain water into the car when opened... He is probably still in kindergarden counting fingers! :twisted:
Below is the list of cars that were selected for the calendar in month order:
Lotus Elite S1
Aston Martin Lagonda
DeLorean DMC-12 :?: :?: :?:
Goggomobil TS300
Princess
VW Porsche 914
Reliant Rialto
Bond Bug
Vauxhall Viva HC
Renault Rodeo
Tatra T613
Triumph Stag
